Windows XP Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Windows XP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows XP
Rank 57 58 62
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Contract jobs citing Windows XP 68 89 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.753% 2.853% 2.253%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.08% 16.92% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 17
Average daily rate £168 £280 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.17% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £134 £208 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £358 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £205 £225
% change year-on-year
+21.95% -8.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 17
Average hourly rate £16.25 £14.54 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.77% -9.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.90 £10.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.10 £22.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £14.00 £12.88
% change year-on-year
-1.78% +8.73%
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 520 526 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.05% 16.86% 21.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 199 207
Average daily rate £335 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £225 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £477 £435 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 51 39
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.58 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.99% -11.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.25 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Berkshire Windows XP Jobs Demand Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Windows XP Daily Rate Trend

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Windows XP Daily Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Trend

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Windows XP Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows XP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -5 24 £140 -50.00%
Bracknell -15 19 £321 +27.76%
Slough -4 10 - -
Newbury - 2 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Windows XP
South East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP.

1 138 (100.00%) Windows
2 113 (81.88%) Active Directory
3 86 (62.32%) Windows 7
4 78 (56.52%) Microsoft
5 54 (39.13%) Windows Server 2003
6 48 (34.78%) Windows Server 2008
7 46 (33.33%) VMware
8 44 (31.88%) SQL
9 42 (30.43%) MS Office
10 40 (28.99%) Security Cleared
11 39 (28.26%) VMware Infrastructure
11 39 (28.26%) LAN
12 38 (27.54%) SC Cleared
13 37 (26.81%) MS Exchange
14 35 (25.36%) Citrix
15 32 (23.19%) VB
16 31 (22.46%) WAN
17 29 (21.01%) SCCM
18 23 (16.67%) HP
19 22 (15.94%) Blackberry
20 21 (15.22%) TCP/IP
20 21 (15.22%) MS Excel
20 21 (15.22%) Exchange Server 2003
21 17 (12.32%) Telecoms
21 17 (12.32%) SharePoint
21 17 (12.32%) SQL Server
21 17 (12.32%) Exchange Server 2010
22 16 (11.59%) Oracle
22 16 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
22 16 (11.59%) VMware ESX

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (3.623%) .NET
2 2 (1.449%) Application Packaging
2 2 (1.449%) Web Services
3 1 (0.725%) CSS
3 1 (0.725%) XML
3 1 (0.725%) HTML
3 1 (0.725%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 37 (26.81%) MS Exchange
2 21 (15.22%) Exchange Server 2003
3 17 (12.32%) SharePoint
3 17 (12.32%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (10.87%) IIS
5 14 (10.14%) Lotus Notes
6 13 (9.420%) Tomcat
7 12 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (2.174%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (2.174%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (1.449%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (1.449%) Apache
9 2 (1.449%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 1 (0.725%) WorkSite
Applications
1 42 (30.43%) MS Office
2 21 (15.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.725%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.725%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.725%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.725%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 39 (28.26%) LAN
2 31 (22.46%) WAN
3 21 (15.22%) TCP/IP
4 14 (10.14%) VPN
4 14 (10.14%) SAN
5 9 (6.522%) Internet
6 5 (3.623%) DNS
6 5 (3.623%) Ethernet
7 4 (2.899%) Firewall
8 3 (2.174%) DHCP
8 3 (2.174%) IP Telephony
9 2 (1.449%) Junos
9 2 (1.449%) Wireless
9 2 (1.449%) WLAN
9 2 (1.449%) HTTP
9 2 (1.449%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.32%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.522%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (2.174%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.449%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (1.449%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.725%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (7.971%) LoadRunner
2 5 (3.623%) MSI
3 4 (2.899%) Wise Package Studio
4 2 (1.449%) InstallShield
4 2 (1.449%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.725%) Selenium
General
1 17 (12.32%) Telecoms
2 10 (7.246%) Aerospace
3 7 (5.072%) Finance
3 7 (5.072%) Retail
4 4 (2.899%) Publishing
5 3 (2.174%) Banking
6 1 (0.725%) Back Office
6 1 (0.725%) French Language
6 1 (0.725%) Italian Language
6 1 (0.725%) Spanish Language
6 1 (0.725%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (22.46%) Analyst
2 19 (13.77%) Desktop Support
3 17 (12.32%) Desktop Engineer
4 16 (11.59%) Support Engineer
5 14 (10.14%) Service Analyst
5 14 (10.14%) Service Desk Analyst
6 13 (9.420%) 2nd Line Support
7 12 (8.696%) Support Analyst
8 9 (6.522%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 9 (6.522%) Integration Engineer
9 8 (5.797%) 1st Line Support
10 7 (5.072%) Team Leader
11 6 (4.348%) Deployment Engineer
11 6 (4.348%) Desktop Team Leader
11 6 (4.348%) Tester
11 6 (4.348%) Support Technician
11 6 (4.348%) Applications Packager
12 5 (3.623%) 3rd Line Support
12 5 (3.623%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 5 (3.623%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.94%) Blackberry
2 5 (3.623%) Clustering
3 3 (2.174%) Client/Server
3 3 (2.174%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.174%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.449%) PDA
4 2 (1.449%) Statistics
5 1 (0.725%) NHS
5 1 (0.725%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 138 (100.00%) Windows
2 86 (62.32%) Windows 7
3 54 (39.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 48 (34.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (5.797%) Windows Vista
5 8 (5.797%) Windows 2000
6 3 (2.174%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.174%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (1.449%) Windows XP Embedded
7 2 (1.449%) Windows NT
7 2 (1.449%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (10.14%) Migration
2 13 (9.420%) Software Deployment
3 12 (8.696%) ITIL
4 10 (7.246%) Validation
4 10 (7.246%) Regression Testing
5 8 (5.797%) Test Scripting
5 8 (5.797%) Change Control
5 8 (5.797%) Non-Functional Testing
5 8 (5.797%) Configuration Management
6 7 (5.072%) Business Continuity
7 6 (4.348%) Test Automation
8 5 (3.623%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (3.623%) Change Management
8 5 (3.623%) Service Management
8 5 (3.623%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (3.623%) Integration Testing
9 4 (2.899%) Network Architecture
10 3 (2.174%) Software Distribution
10 3 (2.174%) Incident Management
10 3 (2.174%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (31.88%) SQL
2 32 (23.19%) VB
3 14 (10.14%) PowerShell
4 12 (8.696%) VBScript
5 4 (2.899%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.449%) VB6
7 1 (0.725%) C
7 1 (0.725%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (28.99%) Security Cleared
2 38 (27.54%) SC Cleared
3 16 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (7.246%) MCP
5 8 (5.797%) MCDST
6 5 (3.623%) MCSE
7 4 (2.899%) CCNA
7 4 (2.899%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.449%) Degree
8 2 (1.449%) OCP
8 2 (1.449%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.449%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.449%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.725%) Dell Certification
9 1 (0.725%) DCSE
9 1 (0.725%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.623%) QA
2 3 (2.174%) SLA
3 2 (1.449%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 113 (81.88%) Active Directory
2 39 (28.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (11.59%) VMware ESX
4 12 (8.696%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (5.072%) Xen
5 7 (5.072%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (4.348%) XenApp
7 4 (2.899%) vSphere
8 1 (0.725%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.725%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.725%) XenServer
8 1 (0.725%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 29 (21.01%) SCCM
2 11 (7.971%) HP Quality Center
3 9 (6.522%) SCOM
4 7 (5.072%) MIMEsweeper
5 4 (2.899%) Unicenter
6 3 (2.174%) Opalis
7 2 (1.449%) HP SIM
7 2 (1.449%) MOM
7 2 (1.449%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 78 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 46 (33.33%) VMware
3 35 (25.36%) Citrix
4 23 (16.67%) HP
5 16 (11.59%) Oracle
6 14 (10.14%) Lotus
7 9 (6.522%) CA
8 8 (5.797%) Dell
8 8 (5.797%) Remedy
9 6 (4.348%) Peregrine
9 6 (4.348%) Cisco
10 5 (3.623%) FrontRange
10 5 (3.623%) Altiris
11 4 (2.899%) McAfee
11 4 (2.899%) Royalblue
12 3 (2.174%) NetApp
12 3 (2.174%) Symantec
12 3 (2.174%) Clearswift
12 3 (2.174%) Apple
13 2 (1.449%) SolarWinds
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